Eugene Levy's character in "American Pie" doesn't really have a name.
He's simply known as "Jim's Dad." This is verified by Eugene Levy:
"Does Jim's dad have a first name?
There's no name. When I first read the script, way back when I got
'American Pie' and I was going through it, and of course I thought -
the guy doesn't even have a name. It's like playing 'the salesman.'
Now, I'm very pleased with the way the character has kind of hit. I
haven't heard one negative thing about the character since the first
movie came out. Whatever the dad has been doing, I'm kind of proud to
carry the moniker of 'Jim's Dad' now."
About Movies
http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/aa080301e.htm
In the sequels, "American Pie 2" and "American Wedding," the
character's first name was supposed to be Noah:
"In the 1960 spaghetti westerns that helped turn him into an
international star, Eastwood's character was the man with no name. The
same is true of the befuddled father Levy plays in the American Pie
movies.
He's simply known as Jim's dad.
'It really is weird,' says Levy, who reprised his nameless character
in American Wedding.
'His name was actually scripted in American Pie 2 but the line got
cut, which is what happened again this time. It's Noah, but that's
trivia."
Cache of Jam! Movies
http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:3B7CmFmrcT0J:www.canoe.ca/JamMoviesArtistsL/levy_eugene.html
Eugene Levy's character is listed as "Noah Levenstein" in this Dutch review:
"Orig. titel: American wedding
Alt-titel(s): American pie 3
US 2003
...Eugene Levy (Jim's dad, Noah Levenstein)"
Filmkeuze
http://www.filmkeuze.nl/cgi-bin/loader?/cgi-bin/pm/film-6b6e24.html
Then again, there's yet another alternate name for Jim's Dad. This one
was created by the screenwriter:
"Jim's dad's first name was never defined as it was never used. In the
bonus footage where the writer explains some unanswered questions, he
invents a name for Jim's dad, calling him Bullwinkle."
Internet Movie Database
http://imdb.com/title/tt0328828/trivia
In view of all this, I think it's fair to say that, strictly speaking,
in the original film "American Pie," the character has no actual name,
and is called only "Jim's Dad." The name "Noah Levenstein" was given
to the character in the sequels.
My Google search strategy:
Google Web Search: "american pie" "eugene levy" name OR called
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22american+pie%22+%22eugene+levy%22+name+OR+called
Google Web Search: "american pie" "eugene levy" noah
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22american+pie%22+%22eugene+levy%22+noah
I hope this helps! If anything is unclear or incomplete, please
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